Extension

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Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/4 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A long, narrow extension corridor recedes into the distance. Paint peels from the walls in curling layers, revealing paler surfaces beneath. Soft, diffused light falls through the space. The floor and walls are intact but worn. No furniture or fittings are visible in the frame.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Extension
Series: Braidwood Hotel
Catalogue: BHO-001
Process: Giclée
Captured: 4 June 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/4 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The photograph looks along a narrow corridor deep inside the Braidwood Hotel, 180 Wallace Street, Braidwood. Paint peels from the rendered brick walls in curling sheets, each layer a different shade, recording the building's successive rounds of maintenance and disuse. Soft light fills the space without drama. The corridor is empty and undisturbed. The building was constructed in 1859 as the Commercial Hotel, during the period of rapid commercial expansion that followed the 1851 gold discoveries at Araluen and Majors Creek. Braidwood was the primary supply and service town for those goldfields, and by 1861 the town's population had reached 959, with approximately 8,199 people working the surrounding diggings. Fourteen hotels operated in the town by 1866. The Commercial Hotel was one of them, and it is now the oldest hotel in Braidwood still continuously licensed. The building is Georgian in style, consistent with the character of the Wallace Street streetscape that the NSW State Heritage Register describes as "a fine collection of 19th century buildings." That streetscape survived largely intact because the rural recession that followed the gold rush paradoxically left the town undisturbed. There was no wave of redevelopment to erase what had been built. The State Heritage Register listing for "Braidwood and its Setting," gazetted 3 April 2006, identifies this preservation as central to the town's significance: colonial towns that retain historic form and fabric to the extent Braidwood does are rare in New South Wales. The hotel's local heritage listing specifically names the verandah and cast iron lacework as heritage features. High ceilings and oversized fireplaces characterise the Georgian-style interiors. The building has passed through several custodians since at least the 1980s, each carrying forward a programme of restoration. What the photograph captures in 2016 is a moment between those efforts: walls surrendering their paint, light falling into a corridor that has seen more than 150 years of use. The building was never abandoned. It has simply been a long time in the keeping.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

The extension of the Braidwood Hotel stretches back from the main building, its walls shedding paint in layers that record decades of use. The hotel has operated continuously since 1859, when it was built at 180 Wallace Street as the Commercial Hotel, serving the prospectors and traders who made Braidwood the primary supply town for the surrounding goldfields. The rendered brick walls and Georgian proportions of the building sit within what the NSW State Heritage Register describes as "a fine collection of 19th century buildings" along Wallace Street, a streetscape preserved largely intact by the rural contraction that followed the gold rush.

Brett Patman

The series

Braidwood Hotel

2016 · 11 photographs

Braidwood Hotel sits at 180 Wallace Street and has run continuously as a country pub since 1859, when it went up during the Gold Rush. Gold was found in the nearby Araluen Valley in 1851-52, thousands of prospectors filled the diggings, and Braidwood became the base town for the surrounding goldfields. The Wallace Street streetscape that survives today is largely the result of that boom. The hotel is built in the Georgian style: high ceilings, oversized fireplaces, a verandah with cast iron lacework. It is a local heritage item under the Queanbeyan-Palerang LEP. The whole town of Braidwood was given permanent conservation protection by the NSW Government in 2006 and is classified by the National Trust as an historic town. The pub has been continuously open for more than 165 years.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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